The Atmosphere

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• Why isn’t there much hydrogen found in the atmosphere?
• *Seasonal winds which blow alternately from the Asian mainland and from the Pacific Ocean, are accompanied by fierce storms. What are these seasonal winds known as?
• What are the global wind belts?
• Why is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increasing?
• How is ozone produced?
• What causes clouds to form?
• Why are small quantities of chlorofluorocarbons so harmful to the ozone layer?
• How are the carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen cycles vital to sustaining life on Earth?
• What is the most likely effect a decrease of plant life in the biosphere would have on the atmosphere?
• How does combustion of the biosphere affect the atmosphere?
• What percent of the atmosphere is #CO_2#?
• What are the different layers of the atmosphere?
• What is the most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere?
• What are the most abundant gases in the atmosphere?
• What elements make up the earth's atmosphere?
• What was the atmosphere like during the Jurassic Period in comparison to today's?
• What is atmospheric force?
• Which planet most resembles Earth in terms of all of the factors: temperature, gravity, atmosphere, and water?
• How does the earth heat the atmosphere?
• Where did the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere come from?
• How many miles above us is the edge of the atmosphere?
• What is our atmosphere mostly made out of?
• What actions increase or decrease carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?
• Does every planet in the universe have an atmosphere?
• What is the function of ozone in the atmosphere?
• What is the most dangerous natural disaster?
• Why do natural disasters happen?
• How do natural disasters affect climate?
• What is the most destructive of all natural disasters?
• What is the safest continent with the fewest natural disasters?
• What benefits does our atmosphere provide to earth?
• If Earth's atmosphere were frozen into a solid sphere, what would be its diameter?
• What is the importance of nitrogen in the atmosphere?
• How was oxygen added to the atmosphere?
• Is the earth the only planet with an atmosphere?
• How many ways can carbon dioxide return to the atmosphere?
• When will Earth's atmosphere disappear?
• What percentage of the earth's atmosphere is hydrogen?
• What is the hottest part of the earth's atmosphere?
• How many miles up is the Earth's atmosphere?
• Why are weather forecasts wrong?
• What affects weather?
• What is a person who reports and forecasts the weather called?
• What kind of weather is associated with a high-pressure area and why?
• What kind of weather does stratus clouds bring?
• How do humans affect the weather?
• Why does weather exist? How did rain and snow exist or begin?
• Why does weather move from the west to the east?
• What types of weather are associated with high and low pressure systems?
• Who made the first weather instrument?
• How does a falling barometer indicate bad weather is ahead?
• How does El Nino affect upwelling?
• How does El Niño affect north america?
• How does ENSO affect the distribution of rainfall?
• Is El Niño a tropical disturbance?
• What is infrared light?
• What would happen if we had no atmosphere?
• What causes lake effect snow?
• With the help of a clear illustration explain the structure of the atmosphere ?
• How was the formation of coal affected by the atmosphere?
• How will increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect photosynthesis?
• Will the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere soon be greater than the amount of oxygen? Explain.
• The uv rays in stratosphere break the cfc into chlorine atoms.chlorine reacts with ozone and breaks into oxygen.as oxygen is helpful to man.why it is harmful?